The death of capitalism

Our world is becoming socialist, all across the planet. It seems there is no magic power exists that can stop it any more. Socialist trends overtaking every part of the world. Not just Venezuela, China, West Europe, USA... And not just in the economy, statism and communist retardation also laying eggs in people's heads. In this article, i will try to flash the light on the strange mental psychosis, which is catalyzing socialism, statism, and communism.

In the early days of the Venezuelan crisis, i spoke with a few Venezuelans about the situation. Instead of showing the fake long-face which people usually show when they start to listen to they problems, i started asking questions. The answers quickly became very angry. The following, altered discussion will show, how these discussion went every time:

-Our salary is $20 a month. We are starving, we cant buy food.
-Why do you work for that small salary then?
-Because there is no other job!
-Your monthly salary worth's less than three pizza, why do you go to work for that?
-Because there is no other job! DONT YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!

Of course, i understand him. The conception of profit or any kind of economic knowledge or experience was very far from him. Even the basics. So i decided to try to give him some advice's.

-Do you live in the city, or in the village?
-I live in a village.
-Why don't you cultivate some potato?
-How to do that? Also, our land area is just 10*10 meters.
-That's enough to plant two or three bags of potato.
-And.. what then? How much potato will grow?
-You will be able to cultivate five to seven bags of potato.
-And?
-Then you can eat one or two bag. Basically free food. You can sell one or two bags. You plant the rest in the next year.
-For how much money i can sell the bag of potato?
-I don't know, that depends on the supply and on the demand.
-But for how much i can sell the bag of potato?
-Maybe 20 dollars per bag, i am not sure.
-I cant do that, because the statist mafia would shot me.
-The state would shot you for cultivating potato?
-Yes. I will not cultivate potato. The state would come and take it.

Obviously, the state would not come, and nobody would take his potato. The whole conception of creating a business, is far from him. Basically his whole life is about some authoritarian figure coming and telling him what to do. In this case, this authoritarian figure cant even feed him. Trying to make a profit and business decisions? Speculation is evil. It must be the state's responsibility to feed the people. Everything will be fine, all the problems will be solved by someone. But it seems, nobody solved the problems. Nobody solved his problems. Nobody solved the problems of the state. There was no magical Jesus stepping out to solve his problems. It was futile to watch the sky - the new redeemer never appeared.

Statism is a black cloud, laying on the faces of people. From this black cloud, they cant see: the country is the collection of people. If the people are strong, the country is strong. If the people are rich, the country are rich. But not the opposite: if the state is strong, that will not make the people or the country strong.

-What your profession is?
-I study to be an english translator.
-Thats fine, that should give you nice profit then.
-I still studying, i dont earn any profit from it.
-And? You already speak very well. There must be people who want texts translated.
-No, i dont have degree yet.
-...and? Why would you need a degree to translate?
-Because you need a degree.
-You are currently chatting with me without a degree.
-YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. I NEED A DEGREE SO I CAN TRANSLATE.

Of course, i understand this person too. He wants the blessing of the state. A piece of paper, so he can translate. I don't think the majority of the clients would ask from him about any kind of certificate or degree to translate a random text. But the conception of business is far from this person too. The only thing he can imagine, is being a gear in a large device, blessed by the state. Without this, he rather starves. In a statist society, the state is basically a god-like character. This fake god overwrites the real god - overwrites rationality, sanity. The magical degree will granted by the state for you. The magical orders from the state will give you a job. Because, the jobs are GIVEN by someone. Saint corporations will GIVE you the JOB, operating under the protective arms of the state-god.

Another Venezuelan:

-I am starving (the usual complaints).
-Where do you live?
-I live in a village, near to a large forest.
-That's fine, you can just go out to the forest and trap some bird.
-I cant do that. That's illegal.
-Illegal? Dude, you are starving.
-Soldiers would shot me!
-There are no soldiers in the forest.
-There are... (?!??!) And.. its illegal. They would shot me. DONT YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Of course i understand this person too. He is not a green-activist hero, who refuses to do to illegally eat a bird in the forest even if he is starving. There is nobody in the forest besides his own imagination. In reality, he is not even afraid from committing this crime, and he is not afraid anyone from shooting him. What he afraid is doing innovation, trying new things, trying to make his life better on his own. He is afraid from doing some thinking and research, he is insecure about what others will think of him if he eats a random forest bird. He is afraid of capitalism. He is afraid: what will happen, if his soul will detach from the state-god?

And a story about a Mexican:

-I am collecting $100 to buy a t-shirt.
-WTF? You can buy a 100% cotton t-shirt for $10.
-What brand?
-Brand? I don't know. Made in China, or anything. I bought two for $15 last week, both of them is 100% cotton, and very thick and comfy.
-But you don't understand, it has to be some brand with a logo, otherwise, its worthless!
-That's wrong, cloths without branding are more valuable.
-Where?
-In Europe. The brand-less cloths are more expensive than the branded ones, and usually more quality.
-THAT'S WRONG! Everyone in Europe and America uses branded cloths! Branded cloths are everything!
-Dude, its 2020, nobody is dressing up like an advertisement pole any more. Look what people wear on streets, with the help of Youtube.
-YOU ARE WRONG, BRANDED CLOTHS ARE EVERYTHING, THEY COST $100 AND MY MEXICAN PEOPLE ARE DEPRIVED FROM BRANDED CLOTHS!
-So there are no Mexican cloth manufacturers?
-They are, the branded cloths of USA are actually made in Mexico. We ship them for $10, they put the logo on, and then we re-buy it for $100!
-Then why don't you buy it for $10 instead?
-YOU DONT UNDERSTAND? IT HAS TO BE BRANDED, OTHERWISE YOU ARE NOBODY HERE.

Of course, i understand. The focal point of your fake life is to buy a Nike t-shirt. If you have the Nike-shirt, then you are the king of the field. Its like when people take $6000 loan to buy a Mac-book, so they can became REALLY good artists, because they saw it in the TV. What else could be needed to be a good graphics artist, who earns 1000-s of Dollars every month? Well, obviously a Mac-book and a Nike Shirt, and not like skills, patience, and capitalistic instincts to be able to find buyers and donators... Meanwhile the real artists use a $2 pen, random printer paper, $20 camera, and GIMP.

Anti-capitalistic trends in the society

Less and less people in today's society support capitalism. Young people has a new cult around underachievement. This trend, however, does not begins with the generation Z. Generation X also had this, and then later, generation Y has it in a bit bigger quantities. But it only became the norm in the last decade. Speaking of artists, basically, there are two type of graphics artists out there:

1. I can't draw hands, so i will not draw hands ever!
2. I can't draw hands, so i will draw hands for a week!

Its very hard to find the second type any more. Back then, to be a jury, you had to show up something, now, its enough to just register an anonymous nickname, and start spitting at others. This can dis-encourage others to create products as well. At least you can do it from a Mac-book, in a Nike t-shirt, from your Venezuelan potato head quota, while you have electricity. And after that goes out, you have finally achieved full communism.